Mississippi Telemedicine Telehealth State Laws & Reimbursement Policies

Mississippi Medicaid and private payers are required to provide coverage for live video consultations.

The Division of Medicaid covers medically necessary telehealth services as a substitution for an in-person visit or encounter for consultations, office visits and/or outpatient visits.

Any enrolled Medicaid provider may provide telehealth services at the originating site.

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The Division of Medicaid reimburses the originating site the Mississippi Medicaid telehealth originating site facility fee for telehealth services per completed transmission.

Private payers, MS Medicaid and employee benefit plans are required to provide coverage at the same extent as in-person consultation for store-and-forward telemedicine services.

Store-and-forward includes, but is not limited to teleradiology. The Division of Medicaid covers one technical and one professional component for each teleradiology procedure only for providers enrolled in MS Medicaid and when there are no geographically local radiologist providers to interpret the images.

MS Medicaid only covers teleradiology when there are no geographically local radiologist providers to interpret images.

No transmission fee.

Private payers, MS Medicaid and employee benefit plans are required to provide coverage for remote patient monitoring services for Mississippi-based telehealth programs affiliated with a Mississippi health care facility.

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Remote patient monitoring services must be delivered by an enrolled Medicaid provider acting within their scope-of-practice and license and in accordance with state and federal guidelines. Must be ordered by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.

Remote patient monitoring prior authorization request form must be submitted to request telemonitoring services.